See details of all 7 classes offered this spring here.From picture books to young adult
novels, this weekly course is accessible
for beginners and meaty enough for advanced writers. Through lectures, in-class
assignments, homework, and feedback on your writing, we’ll give you ins and
outs of writing for younger readers and set you on course toward writing your
own books.

We’ll have two published children’s authors as guest speakers:

Sylvia McNicoll is the author of over thirty books, many of which have garnered awards and Her YA novel Crush.candy.corpsewas shortlisted for the Arthur EllisYA CrimeNovel of the Year Award, the Red Maple
Award, the Manitoba YoungReaders'
ChoiceAward, and the Snow Willow
Award, as well as being selectedas
one of the Ontario Library Association's BestBets andResource Links' Year's Best for
2012.

Most acclaimed,though, are her three middle grade books about fostering guide
dogs: Bringing Up Beauty, Beauty Returns, and A Different Kindof Beauty which won and were nominated for many children’s choice
awards.

Her 2015 YA novel
Best Friends Through Eternity tells the story of an adopted Chinese teen forwhom an ill-fated shortcut along a
rail track leads to the discovery of some uncomfortable truths. In
2017, Sylvia launches her new middle grade series The Great Mistake Mysteries
beginning with The Best Mistake Mystery in
January and The Artsy Mistake Mystery in
September and finishing with The Snake Mystery
in January 2018.

Kira Vermond is an
award-winning writer with over 1,500 articles to her name. She has been a
frequent contributor to the Globe
and Mail, Chatelaine, CBC and Today's Parent.

Kira is the author of four nonfiction books for young
readers:Half-Truths and Brazen Lies, (just nominated for a 2017 Ontario Library
Association (OLA) Silver Birch Award – read more about Half-Truthshere); Why We Live Where We Live (more here); Growing Up: Inside and Out,(nominated for on OLA Forest of
Reading Award), and The Secret Life of Money: A Kid's Guide to Cash (which
was my son’s and daughter’s favourite book the year it came out, although
my kids are four years apart).

Instructor Brian Henryhas been a book editor and creative writing
instructor for more than 25 years. He publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada's most popular blog for writers, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University
and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to
Saint John. Brian is the author of a children’s version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Tribute Publishing).But
his proudest boast is that he’s has helped many of his students get published.

Brian Henry has been a book editor, writer, and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He teaches creative writing at Ryerson University. He also leads weekly creative writing courses in Burlington, Mississauga, Oakville and Georgetown and conducts Saturday workshops throughout Ontario. His proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get published.